Update 2023-05-30: Maypop fruit 2023-05-29.
This maypop is growing in an area we burned in January, and it had nothing to climb up on.
So Gretchen put in a stake for this Passiflora incarnata.
-jsq
Update 2023-05-30: Maypop fruit 2023-05-29.
This maypop is growing in an area we burned in January, and it had nothing to climb up on.
So Gretchen put in a stake for this Passiflora incarnata.
-jsq
Two views of mushrooms on a log.
Anybody know what kind of mushroom this is?
It’s in a wet area near Redeye Creek, which runs into the Withlacoochee River.
Looks like Pleurotus ostreatus is the consensus. Apparently, “Cleaned mushrooms can be sautéed, stir-fried, braised, roasted, fried, or grilled. Use the mushrooms whole, sliced, or simply torn into appropriately sized pieces.”
-jsq
Two methods of potato digging.
Two views of ‘tater digging 2023-05-15
On the left, tractor and blade. Upside: digs them right up. Downside: and buries them in the dug dirt, so you have to dig them up again. Continue reading
The recently planted cane was well-sprouted a week later.
A somewhat closer view. Continue reading
Was less work than expected.
Cane planting and planted 2023-04-21
Not burying it as deep this year, though. Only need four inches of dirt to keep it from freezing, not two feet to shovel off. Continue reading
Not a common sight anymore: native wild honeysuckle.
Lonicera sempervirens L., Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Woodbine
This Lonicera sempervirens L. is also known as Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, or Woodbine.
It is native to the U.S. Southeast, with some found farther north, possibly as garden escapees. Continue reading
The native wild azalea, Rhododendron Canescens, keeps blooming on more bushes.
Native wild azaleas and dogwood 2022-03-09
And we have a few blooms of dogwood, Cornus florida. Not as many as usual; we don’t know why. Continue reading
Weeding season is here.
After the recent rains, more potatoes coming up and growing seems like and inch a day. Followed closely by nutgrass.
-jsq
An early spring sight, and something more unusual.
Wood Storks and Wild Azalea, OPF 2023-01-31
We’re used to wild azaleas, Rhododendron canescens, blooming around now. Plenty of buds promise more flowers after this first one.
But the other sight was more unusual. Continue reading
Maybe I should have trimmed some more vines before backing in there.
I had sawed off that privet. It was supposed to push to the side when I backed the tractor with mower in.
Instead, the grapevines and Smilax decided that invasive exotic Chinese privet would go up on top of the tractor canopy.
Probably I would have noticed earlier, but I was concentrating on not backing into a tree and not getting caught around the throat by catbriars. You know those Smilax with the stout sharp thorns and thick stems: Smilax bona-nox.
Note to self: next time take a machete. Cutting each vine with clippers took a while.
-jsq